Archaeological strip, map and record project at Lodge Farm, Boxted Road, Great Horkesley, Essex, CO6 4AP September 2018 by Dr Elliott Hicks and Laura Pooley with contributions by Dr Matthew Loughton and Lisa Gray figures by Chris Lister, Ben Holloway and Emma Holloway fieldwork by Ben Holloway with Adam Tuffey, Nicholas Pryke, Alec Wade, Sarah Carter and Elliott Hicks commissioned by James Williams (TNS Group) on behalf of P.G. Rix (Farms) Ltd NGR: TL 98268 31378 (centre) Planning ref.: 180632 CAT project ref.: 18/08e ECC code: ECC4256 Colchester Museum accession code: COLEM: 2018.78 OASIS ref.: colchest3-326660 Colchester Archaeological Trust Roman Circus House, Roman Circus Walk, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7GZ tel.: 01206 501785 email:
[email protected] CAT Report 1337 March 2019 Contents 1 Summary 1 2 Introduction 1 3 Archaeological background 1 4 Aim 2 5 Results 3 6 Finds 8 7 Environmental assessment 14 8 Radiocarbon dating 17 9 Discussion 17 10 Acknowledgements 20 11 References 20 12 Abbreviations and glossary 22 13 Contents of archive 22 14 Archive deposition 23 Appendix 1 Context list 24 Appendix 2 Ceramic and pottery list 27 Appendix 3 Radiocarbon dating certificate 29 Figures after p30 CAT wsi OASIS summary sheet List of photographs, maps, tables and figures Cover: working shot Photograph 1 F29 sx, looking west 3 Photograph 2 F39, F40, F41 and F42, looking west 4 Photograph 3 F44 sx, looking southwest 4 Photograph 4 F1 sx 1, looking south southeast 8 Map 1 Extract from Essex XVIII.SE, rev. 1896, pub. 1898 2 Table 1 Description of the